Algebra 2
Algebra 2
College of Engineering
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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REVIEW MATH ALGEBRA 2
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WORDED PROBLEMS finish 1/5 of the work in one day. Thus his rate
Most problems in Algebra are expressed in is 1/5 of work per day. A 100 liter solution is 75% alcohol and 25%
sentences rather than pure mathematical For a complete job, gasoline. How much gasoline must be added
expressions or equations. These problems are Rate x time = 1 to produce a 50-50 mixture?
known as worded problems.
When there is a specific work and specific time A 50 kg solution is 30% salt. How much water
To solve a worded problem, one must first and manpower, the rate of doing work may be must be evaporated to make the solution 60%
interpret the sentences into its accurate computed using the number of man-hours. salt?
mathematical expression and then apply the
algebraic operation to the expression Example: D. DIGIT PROBLEMS
obtained. If 20 bakers can bake 40 pizzas in 8 hours, Let h, t and u be the hundreds, tens, and units
how many bakers can bake 10 pizzas in 2 digit, respectively. A three-digit number must
The most common worded problems are age hours? be represented in the following manner:
problems, work problems, mixture problems,
motion problems, coin problems, digit Solution: Number = 100h + 10 t + u
problems, clock problems and variation Get the rate (in man-hour) of baking a pizza.
problems. (20 bakers )(8 hours) A two-digit number is represented by:
rate=
A. AGE PROBLEMS
40 pizzas Number = 10t + u
One of the most common problems in Algebra baker-hour
=4
is the age problem. This type of problems pizza The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is
must be solved meticulously by giving more This means that to bake a pizza, you need 11. If the digits are reversed, the resulting
emphasis to the tenses (i.e.. past, present or either 4 bakers to work in one hour or 1 baker number is seven more than twice the original
future) of the statement. to work for 4 hours. number. What is the original number?